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This year the UK food chain, Tesco, has hit upon a universal theme – how to get your teenage/young adult children in the holiday spirit. While I don’t know if taking them grocery shopping will really help, it did bring a little tear to my eye (but then again I will tear up for manyContinue reading “Feeling the Holiday Spirit”

November 21, 1942 –Babbit and Catstello, take-offs on Bud Abbott and Lou Costello try to catch Tweety bird (in his first appearance) in A Tale of Two Kitties, premiered on this date. Early model sheets for this short indicated that Tweety’s original name was Orson, but no name is given in the film. After censorsContinue reading “The first appearance of Tweety Bird”

November 21, 1980 –After several years delay and hopelessly over budget, MCA Records released seventh studio album by Steely Dan, Gaucho, on this date. MCA tried to recoup the cost of producing Gaucho by selling the album at $9.98 retail, rather than the average rate of $8.98 retail. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker couldn’t helpContinue reading “Arguably the best Steely Dan Album”

November 21, 1980 –In what was one of the most-watched TV cliffhangers in television history, 350 million viewers worldwide tuned into the television series Dallas to find out who had shot J.R. Ewing at the end of the show’s previous season. As it turned out, he was shot by his wife’s sister, who also wasContinue reading “Who shot J.R.”

November 21, 1931 – James Whale classic retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, debuted on this date. The Monster in this film does not physically resemble the character in Mary Shelley’s novel. It was make-up artist Jack P. Pierce who came up with innovations such as the Monster’s flat head, the bolts through the neck, theContinue reading “Frankenstein premiered”

In fact, here is a simple and quick way to prepare most vegetables – substitute your favorite vegetable for green beans in this recipe (although I don’t know if you can fit an entire Hubbard Squash in a 2 Qt. Saucepan.) Ingredients 1/2 lb green beans1/3 cup of chicken stock (or water)2 tablespoons of oliveContinue reading “I happen to like vegetables.”

When is a Christmas advert not a Christmas advert – when it’s for JD Sports. Somehow the shopping bag from the store is transcendent and therefore beyond the holiday (and filled with celebrities I don’t know.) Here’s a carb for your meal. Demand Euphoria!

November 20, 1965 –The Supremes song I Hear A Symphony hit No. #1 (their sixth No. #1 pop hit on Billboard Hot 100 chart,) on this date. There isn’t a full symphony orchestra playing on this song, but there is a prominent string section, arranged by Paul Riser, that implies it. Otherwise, the instrumentation isContinue reading “I Hear A Symphony topped the charts”

November 20, 1973 – The third Peanuts holiday special, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, premiered on CBS-TV on this date. Lucy has limited role in this special: she has her scene where she torments Charlie Brown by yanking away a football as the beleaguered hero attempts to kick it. But that opening scene is the onlyContinue reading “A primer for kids on how NOT to toss a Friendsgiving”

It’s the 48th anniversary of Generallismo Francisco Franco heroic fight to remain dead. While he may still working at it today, he is not doing it in peace. He was disinterred from his elaborate mausoleum and reburied in a family plot.